Improvement in bottle-stoppers



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E. Haeuser, Admr; BOTTLE- STQPPERS.

No. 194,427, Patented-Aug. 21,1877.

NJEII'ERS PHOTO UT HER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD HAEUSER, OF NEW YORK, Y., ADMINISTRATO MORGEN STERN DECEASED.

IMPROVEMENT IN B OTTLE-STOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 194,42 7, dated August 21, 1877; application filed July 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern p Be it known that WILLIAM MORGANSTERN, formerly of the city, county, and State of New York, deceased, did invent a new and useful Improvement in Bottle Stoppers, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of a bottlestopper containing this improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof in the plane of the line aa", Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a like section in the plane of the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section in the plane of the line 2 2, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the plug-supporting plate-detached. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the plug detached. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the retaining-bar.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. This improvement relates to stoppers for bottles containing effervescent liquids; and consists in a plug having a head which is provided with a transverse opening, in combination with a plug-supporting plate having a slot for the reception of said head of the plug, the slot being provided with spurs on its opposite sides adapted to catch in said transverse opening of the head, whereby the plug and the supporting-plate are firmly connected together. It consists, also, in a plug having a head which is provided with a transverse opening, as aforesaid, in combination with a supporting-plate having a slot for the reception of the head of the plug, and of a retaining-bar having enlargements at each end, and which is adapted to be passed through said transverse opening .in said head, so that by its enlargements the retaining-bar is firmly held in place, while by means thereof the plug is' firmly connected to the supporting-plate further, in the'combination of all the features above enumerated-namely, a plug having a head which is provided with a transverse opening, a supporting-plate having a slot for the reception of said head, the slot being provided with spurs on its opposite sides, adapted to catch in said transverse opening of the head, and of a retaining-bar which is adapted to be passed through said transverse opening of the head, and to be fastened therein either by ento which this stopper is applied, a wire necka band having two loops adjacent to each other, and a locking-arm which is connectedto said supportingplate and provided with shoulders adapted to catch under said loops of the neckband, whereby a simple and effective device is obtained for locking the parts of this stopper to the bottle. I

In the drawings, the letter A designates the neck of a bottle to which'this stopperis applied, and B is the plug of the stopper. This a plug is preferably made of india-rubher, and

it has a head, 0, which ismade in one piece therewith, and provided with a transverse opening, a. porting plate, in the central portion of which is formed a slot, 1), of sufficient size to admit the head 0 of the plug, the slot having spurs c c on the opposite sides thereo (See Fig. 6.) The letterE designatesaretainin -bar, on the opposite ends of which are formed enlargements d d, this bar being composed of a piece of sheet metal cut out to the proper shape. The head 0 of the plug is inserted in the slot 12 of the supporting-plate in such a way that the spurs c c catch in the transverse opening aof the plug, and then the retainingbar E is forced through said opening a, so as to bring its enlargements dd on opposite sides of the head 0, as seen in Fig. 1. Either the spurs 0 c or the retaining-bar E is adapted to hold the head 0 in place, and thus connect the plug B to the supporting-plate D, while by the employment of said spurs, as well as the retaining-bar, this purpose is accomplished in the best possible manner. By the enlargements (1 d the retaining-bar E is prevented from shifting; but this purpose can also be efiected in other ways.

The letter F designates a link, which is hinged at one of its ends to the supportingplate D, while at its other end it is hinged to a band, e, secured to the bottle-neck A. This R OF WILLIAM: n

(See Fig. 7.) D is .the plug-sup- H H, at adjacent points, and at such parts of the band that the locking-arm G can be brought between said loops. The locking-arm G has shoulders f f on its opposite edges, and on such a part thereof relatively to the loops H E that such shoulders can be made to catch under the loops, whereby the arm is firmly locked The loops H H, in conjunction in position. with the shoulders f f of the locking-arm, form a very simple and effective fastening for the parts of the stopper. I

By hingin'g the link F and locking-arm G in manner stated, the whole is rendered flexible, so that the plug-supporting plate can be swung back from the mouth of the bottle with facility when the locking-arm is disengaged, while, moreover, by hingin g the locking-arm G to the supporting-plate D, instead of to the bottleneck, it is suspended in a convenient position for engagement with its locking device, when the plug is placed in the bottle.

What is claimed "as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, isv 1. In abottle-sto'pper, a plug havinga head which is provided with a transverse opening, in combination with a plug-supporting plate having a slot for the reception of said head of the plug, the'slot being provided with spurs on its opposite sides adapted to catch in said transverse opening of the head, substantially as and for the purpose described. 1

'2. I-n a bottle-stopper, a plug having a head which is provided with a'transverse opening, in combination with a plug-supporting plate having a slot for the reception of said head of the plug, and, with a retaining-bar having enlargements at each end, and which is adapted to be passed through the transverse opening in said head, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a plug having a head which is provided with a transverse opening, a supporting-plate having a slot for the reception of said head of the plug, the slot being provided with spurs on its opposite sides adapted to catch in said transverse opening of the head, and of a retainingbar which is adapted to be passed through said transverse openin'g'of the head, and to be fastened therein, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. Ina bottle-stopper, the combination of a plug-supporting plate with a link for connecting said plate to-the neck-band of the bottle, a wire neck-band having two adjacent loops,

anda locking-arm which is connected to said.

supporting-plate, and provided with shoulders adapted to catch under said loops, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony of the foregoing I have here unto set my hand and seal this 27th day of June, 187 7.

no. HAEUSER. n s; 1

Witnesses I W. HAUFF, E. F. KAsTENHUBER. 

